Looking for an operating system to power the servers on your LAN? From hundreds of Linux distributions, I've hand-picked five ...

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Whether you opt for bare metal servers or virtual machines, you'll need a rock-solid distro. These are my four go-to favorites. I’ve had several incarnations of the self-hosted home lab for decades.